In our lab at the University of Texas at
Austin,
we're interested in how these processes contribute to appropriate social
functioning. For example, how do our motivations to see ourselves and
other people in particular ways impact our
decisions in social interactions? At the moment, the main areas of our
current research are the neural basis of motivational influences on
social construal and perceiving other people in light of new
information.We are also investigating sources of self-esteem. To address these questions, we use:Behavioral methods Behavioral observation (e.g., FACS coding)
Computational modeling Self and peer-report